How to set weights for Goals?

Category: Performance

Profit.co provides an option to provide weights for each goal in order to distribute the weightage to the number of goals created, this helps you to know your progress based on the weightage calculation.

Why this feature?

In some cases, all Goals may not have an equal impact, so in such cases, applying weightage to goals will increase or decrease the focus on goals based on the priorities.

Note: Only Super Users can enable the process to set weights in Goals.

Step 1

Navigate to Settings → Performance → Goals from the left navigation panel to enable access.

Step 2

In the Goals page, under the General tab, Enable “Allow users to define weights for goals” in the toggle and choose the suitable proportion for your goals.

Step 3

To create a new goal, Navigate to  Performance → Goal → My Goals from the left navigation panel.

Step 4

On the My Goals page, click on the + icon to create a new Goal.

Step 5

A side panel will appear, In the Weight section, you can set a new weight for your goal, Once done, click Save.

For instance, Let’s set the weight as 0.3 for the newly create Goal “Sort out the broken links in our landing page.”  

Step 6

On the My Goals page, you can view or edit the Goal Weight by clicking on the Weights  icon. The designated weight value will be converted to a Percentage. Finally, click on Apply button.

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